5 Things You Can Do When Your Android Phone is Stolen

I could remember some years back my phone got missing and had no
single clue on what to do about it until I stumbled on a friend of mine
who was the perfect guy to let me know what to do. Here today, I’m
privileged to share with you vital information after the accumulation of
this knowledge on the steps to take when your Android smartphone gets missing or stolen.
There are definitely a couple of ways that are available to track
your stolen Android device which includes the use of Google’s Find My
Device service. One thing that is easily done with the use of the Find
My Device service is instantly logging into the web portal and seeing
clearly where your Android device was last located

The good news here is that you don’t have to get this installed on
your smartphone before it works. All you need to do is go to the
web-page and sign in with the Google account which is currently signed
into your Android device. Here’s the web address below.https://www.google.com/android/findSteps To Finding a Stolen Android Phone

1. Ring the Phone

Most times when we notice that our phone is been hijacked the first
that comes to our mind is to call it, that’s a nice start and step to
take. Why ring it? Probably it is just beneath the couch or somewhere
close-by. But a state whereby the android phone has the Silent sound
profile activated, it will still vibrate when you call the line.
There’s a workaround to still having your device ring even when the
silent sound profile is activated. This requires that the device in
question is already connected to the internet. All you need do is visit
the Google Android Find page and click on Ring My Phone option. The
Android device would ring for 5 minutes non-stop till you are able to
find it.

2. Track the Device

Like earlier said, you can track your android smartphone by making
use of the Google Find My Phone page. Once you have your location
already turned on on the smartphone, Google would be able to pinpoint
the location the smartphone was last seen on a map, hence you can see
exactly where your device is

3. Get The Police and your Family Informed

In this case, you can file up reports to the police, but there is no
100% guarantee that will they will be able to carry out actions on the
theft. Still, I advise that you Document the case as it’s very
important. Don’t forget to write down vital means of identification for
your device, which include: the phone number and most especially the
serial number. Handing over to the police the tracking information from
the Android Device Manager may also help you get your phone back. You
can as well relate this to your friends and family about the theft.

4. Secure Your Accounts

This is one thing you should quickly do. Once you have your Android
device stolen, quickly log in to your social media accounts (obviously
from another device) and every other account you have logged in on that
device and change the passwords to them. One can never be too careful.
This will save you the hassle of having to undo the harm the thieves
might cause you on any of your logged in platforms on that smartphone.

5. Wipe It

You can wipe your device in order to stay safe. All you need to do is
follow the same procedure as the first step mentioned to ring and find
your device on the map. Simply make use of the Google’s Find My Phone
service, and then you can find the option to Lock and Erase the device.
Once you click on erase, an information will be displayed to you to
further confirm your selected option and data on the smartphone would be
erased for good.

Conclusion

There you have it. The most basic yet amazing steps to take when your
Android smartphone or device goes missing. Hopefully, you get to find
your missing Android device with these tips stated in this post.
If this post did help or you have any additional tips for us. Feel
free to let us know using the comment section below as we all would love
to hear from you.

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